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A Sri Lankan woman has been arrested in Saudi Arabia on suspicion that she cast a spell on a 13-year-old shopper. The woman could face death penalty by beheading. Saudi Arabia has been known to behead people convicted on charges of witchcraft.
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Professor Abdolreza Ghanbari, a lecturer at Payame Nour University in Teheran, Islamic Republic of Iran, was charged with Moharebeh (enmity towards God) and he is waiting to be executed.
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An Egyptian judge announced Wednesday that the final verdict for ousted president Hosni Mubarak will be delivered on June 2 and broadcast live on Egyptian television.
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Ottawa -
The Conservative senator doesn't really want capital punishment reinstated but told the media that convicted killers should have ropes in their cells so they can hang themselves if they want to.
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Jaipur -
Salman Rushdie has canceled plans to appear at India's prestigious Jaipur Literary Festival. Rushdie said he would not be attending the festival because of death threats following a call by Muslim clerics to the government to stop him attending.
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"Be careful what you wish for," the saying goes. When prosecutors ordered the death penalty for former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak for complicity in killing over 800 protesters, would he find out it was a prediction he made long ago?
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By the end of 2012, five states that may eliminate capital punishment are Connecticut, Kansas, Maryland, Ohio, and California. Three states have already abolished the death penalty --- Illinois, New Mexico, and New Jersey.
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Houston -
This is a fact sheet that debunks concisely 12 of the myths currently being peddled about convicted murderess Linda Carty by Clive Stafford Smith, his Reprieve organisation and their dupes.
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Jeddah -
Under strict sharia law a Saudi man could be stoned to death for committing adultery with his ex-wife, who was unaware he had divorced her.
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Chongqing -
According to Chinese media, Wang Ziqi, the female leader of an underground prostitution ring in the city of Chongqing, south-west China, was executed today.
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 After years of failed attempts to repeal the death penalty, Connecticut lawmakers have passed legislation that abolishes the punishment for all future cases. It becomes the 17th state to repeal the death penalty.
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy signed the state's death penalty repeal bill into law today, making Connecticut the 17th state to abolish the death penalty.
Prosecutors demand the death penalty for Egypt's ousted leader Hosni Mubarak if he is found guilty of ordering the killings of demonstrators.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda defends the country's use of the death penalty, days after three death-row inmates were hanged.
Death row bias in the dock in America’s south
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